Web of Mystery: Ace’s Spider Monsters
These comics spin a web of mystery around their readers! Spider monsters in Horror comics are not uncommon, and Ace Magazines was no different. Classic Read More
Category: G. W. Thomas
Manly Wade Wellman Part 6 (1970-2016)
If you missed Part 5… The 1970s saw Wellman finishing his Sherlock Holmes Versus the War of the Worlds series with his son, Wade, as Read More
Frank Belknap Long: Editor
At the end of the 1940s, Frank Belknap Long worked in comic books as well as Pulps. With the Pulps fading away in the 1950s, Read More
Fantasy Writers Who Started in Retirement
Being in my late 50s, when my mind turns to morbid thought (and it often does) I think my best writing years are behind me. Read More
The Spaceship as Character
I can remember seeing Star Trek: The Motion Picture in the theatre (as we spell it in Canada) and bawling my eyes out when Kirk Read More
Manly Wade Wellman Part 5 (1960-1979)
If you missed Part 4 and the other sections, check them out. They have been expanded with new letters, links and information. Manly Wade Wellman Read More
D. L. James: Forgotten Science Fictioneer
Daniel Lewis James (1911-1988) was the son of a wealthy Kansas City businessman. He attended Andover Academy then Yale, graduating in Greek Classics in 1933. Read More
Coming Next Week: Sword & Sorcery Round Table Podcast
Early next week we will be releasing Session #1 of the Dark Worlds Quarterly Sword & Sorcery Round Table podcast with Scott Oden, John R. Read More
Mike Ploog at Warren
Before Mike Ploog made a supernatural splash at Marvel drawing The Monster of Frankenstein and Werewolf By Night, he drew four pieces for the horror Read More
Sword & Sorcery Break & Enter
There is a small group of Sword & Sorcery tales that involve a hero in a break & enter into a wizard’s domicile. This is Read More